A Pretty Set of Ebonised & Parcel Gilt Regency Waterfall Hanging Wall Shelves c.1815 sub-Religion & Relics 5 inches (in frame)

5 inches (in frame)

A process known as japanning has decorated these baskets which was an imitation of East Asian lacquer widely used on furniture and base-metal wares from the 17th to the 19th centuries

Bowls historians believe that the game developed from the Egyptians as one of their pastimes was to play skittles with round stones based on artefacts found in tombs dating to circa 5

Height: 20 inches

He was trained by his father

A Pretty Set of Ebonised & Parcel Gilt Regency Waterfall Hanging Wall Shelves c.1815 sub-Religion & Relics 5 inches (in frame)Origin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 20 Height 36. 5 inches Width: 36. 5 inches Depth of Shelves: Graduating 6,7 & 8 inches respectively Of appealing proportions, the Regency period parcel gilt and ebonised pine set of three tiered open graduating waterfall shelves having a beautifully decorated shaped surmount and turned supports with gilded shelf fronts, the whole on raised on bun feet. The piece is in very good overall